Civil War 1& 2 Quiz

Slavery was _____ in the border states.

• illegal

• legal

• widespread

• not an issue

Due to its proximity to Washington, D.C., and the Confederate capital, it was critical to keep the border state of ____ from seceding.

• Maryland

• Missouri

• Kentucky

• Delaware

One of the North’s main advantages in fighting the war was _____.

• a strong fighting spirit

• it had a larger population than the South

• strong military leadership

• it knew the land

The main goal of the South was ____.

• to expand the Confederacy’s territory

• to be recognized as an independent nation

• to make slavery legal throughout the United States

• to protect its ability to trade with Britain and France

At the outset of the war, the main goal of the North was ____.

• to abolish slavery

• to defend its territory against the Confederacy

• to restore the Union

• All of the above

The basic strategy of the South was to conduct a _____ war.

• defensive

• offensive

• total

• guerrilla

The South thought Britain and France would support them because ____.

• these countries supported slavery

• they depended on Southern exports

• Both A and B

• None of the above

General Scott’s war strategy was called ____.

• divide and conquer

• a naval blockade

• the Mississippi Plan

• the Anaconda Plan

In the early days of the war, the Union would not allow _____ to enlist in the army.

• teenage boys

• African Americans

• people who had relatives in the Confederate army

• Yankees

Many Union and Confederate soldiers deserted because ____.

• they decided to join the other side

• they were hungry, afraid, and sick

• they wanted to avoid being called cowards

• they doubted their side’s ability to win the war